Türkiye : Food.Hospitality

Maybe it's the hot weather.
But the Turks really do know their way with food.
Here are some MUST HAVES in Turkey.

Turkish Tea
Cay (pronounced chai) means tea. It's much of a social thing than only a tulip glass of tea. You'll see people having them everywhere. In markets, streets, even men in business suits sit around having them with associates talking business.

Simit

They call it a Turkish Bagel. Sold everywhere possible and it goodly cheap. Call for a typical  Turkish tea hour? Have some Simit with Cay. There even is a Simit festival. No i'm not kidding. Cos I was there when it happened.

Turkish Ice cream
Once upon a time when my cousin was crazy over Turkish ice cream, she would go all the way to Mid Valley to have some. The reason is, Turkish ice cream is so different from other milky cold delights. It's rich and sticky and yummy and very traditionally Turkish.

 Green and yellow : Pistachio and Lemon

The ice cream boys even have tricks done with their rods. Quite delightful to watch. 

Turkish Delight
As sweet as their smiles, this will make you put a smile on your face. Even their colors are hard to resists!

Generally nougat, come are like jelly and gummy bears.
Have your choice of Pomegranate (which is everyone's favorite), rose water or orange and chocolate and banana and every other flavor you could think of it's always a must to try in Turkey. Even if you don't want to buy some, you can just taste some (of a lot that is) and you'll end up buying.

Baklava

Having much of these will send you high up in the sky flying like a pegasus. Baklavas are pastries soaked in syrup and of course they're sweet.

Pastries and biscuits

I do not know what they are called but it some kind of biscuit and they have a wide array of it. Gluttony hit me and I went i want one of each. And I finished up most of it. Obviously they can't be resist. It's so tempting to have another one. They have walnuts, almonds, pistachios, jam and generally everything. Feels like going Hari Raya visiting.